A - Human Necessities – 61 – K
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A - Human Necessities
61
K
167/159, 167/163
A61K 9/10 (2006.01) A61K 9/107 (2006.01) A61K 9/127 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1242645
MICRODROPLETS OF WATER-INSOLUBLE DRUGS ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Microdroplets of water-insoluble drugs coated with a phospholipid are prepared by sonication. As an example, microdroplets of the general anesthetic methoxyfluorane coated by a unimolecular layer of dimyRistoyl phosphatidylcholine are prepared by sonication. The microdroplets so prepared remain stable in physiologically-compatible solution, and are suitable for injection, typically intradermal or intraveneously, into a patient for inducing local anesthesia. These methoxyfluorane-containing microdroplets have been demonstrated to cause long- term local anesthesia when injected intradermally, giving duration of anesthesia 28 times longer than with other anesthetics, such as lidocaine and 11 times longer than with bupivacaine. The latter is considered longest acting conventional local anesthetic. The microdroplet is also capable of solubilizing and delivering benzocaine and other water-insoluble drugs, and thus represents a novel drug delivery system and general method for delivery of water-insoluble drugs, lowering the necessary dose and providing a more direct and timed release.
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Haynes Duncan H.
Smart & Biggar
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